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Monthly Archives: June 2007
More Chamber Charm
June 5, 2007 – 6:13 pm
More Chamber Charm
Tuesday’s eighth program offered the usual mix of obscure gems and reliable masterpieces to a packed house at Dock Street – beginning with some charming and rather out-of-character selections by the rather thorny atonal modern composer Charles Wuorinen. It seems he discovered some Renaissance songs in an ancient German collection called the [...]
Eargasm Alert
June 5, 2007 – 4:01 pm
There are truly so very many wonderful, deserving artists playing Piccolo Spoleto year after year — I wish I could tell you about (and hear) more of them than I’m able to manage. But the people I’m talking about here are extra-special.
I speak here of a terrific trio of artists who now call the [...]
Chamber Goodies “In the Middle”
June 5, 2007 – 3:26 pm
St. Matthew’s Lutheran was not much over half full for Monday’s Intermezzo program. A shame, because two very rare and unusual works (attractive ones, too) of smaller scale were delivered; each calling for fewer than a dozen players.
The first was by a composer who’s only recently begun to get the attention he deserves: the [...]
Vetting Verdi
June 5, 2007 – 2:44 pm
Some of the festival’s heaviest eargasms happened last night, courtesy of Maestro Joseph Flummerfelt, a huge orchestra plus chorus, and some pretty classy soloists — all conspiring to crank out Giuseppe Verdi’s towering, overpowering Requiem. But there were some problems, too. Curious? Check out my full review, right HERE.
The Best from Bekker
June 4, 2007 – 3:11 pm
Violinist extraordinaire Yuriy Bekker, ably complemented by pianist Andrew Armstrong, performed brilliantly in their Piccolo Spotlight recital Sunday evening, as I predicted below. Click HERE for my appreciative review.
Knocking on Heaven’s Door
June 4, 2007 – 11:23 am
Here’s something I hope to do more of in the coming days. Juggling my Millennium job with comprehensive Spoleto music coverage is often overwhelming — and I’m grateful to folks like Robert & Fernando for helping me stay on track and catch as much of the good stuff as we can. Allow me to introduce [...]
The Wunnerful Women of Westminster
June 4, 2007 – 10:23 am
For those of you who haven’t been there, St. Stephen’s Church on Anson St. is more like a chapel than a church … and it was the perfect, intimate venue for the twin pair of “Les Angélus” programs, sung mostly by the lovely-voiced ladies of the Westminster Choir. It seems that the only opera chorus [...]
Prepping for Verdi & Mahler
June 3, 2007 – 4:11 pm
You always get more out of a great piece of music if you learn a little something about it first. Verdi’s rip-snortin’ Requiem looms large (Monday), and Mahler’s “heavenly” Symphony No. 4 (plus Strauss & Dukas) will be upon us the next day. Other blogging priorities keep me from spending much time on telling you [...]
Eargasm Alert
June 3, 2007 – 12:35 am
I take seriously my promise to alert you to impending festival eargasms of particularly promising intensity – so, kindly listen up:
If you like fancy fiddling and soulful support at the keyboard, show up at Kahal Kadosh Beth Elohim Synagogue (90 Hasell St.) – Sunday, June 3 at 6:00 p.m. As part of Piccolo Spoleto’s [...]
A Beautiful, Blustery Day and an Amahl Correction
Yesterday’s wet weather did nothing to dampen the fire of either performance I was fortunate to attend. Full reviews of the St. Petersberg String Quartet at Mepkin Abbey and the first concert by Tacy Edwards’ Charleston Virtuosi will be in your paws shortly, but for now suffice it to say that both left a huge [...]